Details on arrest of DV stabbing suspect

The call from Seattle came Thursday afternoon: An armed and dangerous man wanted on a domestic-violence warrant was likely on his way to Los Angeles. Seattle police detectives notified the U.S. Marshal ‘s Office in Fresno, Calif., asking for help.

Valente Alvarez-Guerrero

Valente Alvarez-Guerrero, 40, had been in a fight with his South Seattle roommate Wednesday night and was released after being arrested and interviewed at the South Precinct. Officers believe early Thursday he returned to kill his roommate, who was found dead in their apartment hallway about 7 a.m.

Alvarez-Guerrero fled in a gray Mitsubishi pickup truck.

“We figured we might be able to pick him off driving down (Interstate) 5,” said David Hiebert, fugitive task force commander with the U.S. Marshal’s Office is Fresno. “Sure enough, we spotted him.”

Unmarked marshal’s units pulled behind Alvarez-Guerrero and tracked him for 21 miles, Hiebert said. Authorities stopped him near state Route 41 and I-5. Hiebert said he was taken into custody without incident.

Alvarez-Guerrero’s last known phone number was registered in Santa Monica, Calif., an area about a half hour from Los Angeles.

Earlier this year, a man wanted in Fresno for vehicular manslaughter and conducting a marijuana grow made bond and fled the state. Seattle police busted him here, where he was also suspected of growing marijuana.

“It’s nice to be able to pay them back,” Hiebert said.

UPDATE: King County prosecutors have filed second-degree murder charges against Alvarez-Guerrero. He is scheduled to enter a plea June 11 at the King County Courthouse.